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[Information technology and nuclear medicine. Primary digitalized data--and then?]
1Klinik für Nuklearmedizin, HELIOS-Klinikum Wuppertal, Universität Witten-Herdecke, Heusnerstrasse 40, 42283 Wuppertal, Germany. hlerch@wuppertal.helios-kliniken.de
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AIM, METHOD: The scientific publications in the 2002 and 2003 issues of the journal Nuklearmedizin. Journal of Functional and Molecular Imaging were analyzed retrospectively with regard to the development of information technology methods.
Results:
Out of a total of 72 original papers and case reports 9 (11%) were classified having information technology as their subject, 5 (56%) of them the fusion of molecular and morphological imaging. Researchers from medical specialities other than nuclear medicine were co-authors in 7 (78%) of the 9 articles, out of the 8 original papers 4 (50%) were prospective studies. Of the 59 original papers, 28 (47%) were predominantly dedicated to methodological development; 46/59 (78%) of them were clinical studies and 2 (3%) experimental research.
Conclusion:
Although a high proportion of the papers were dedicated to methodological development, the proportion dedicated to development of information technology methods was relatively low.
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